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1. Data Merge with CSV file not working

   Using Indesign 21.5 trying to use Data Merge with a CSV file keeps giving me error that says "There is some error while parsing. Please check your data file."
   The exact same CSV file using data merge works in Indesign version 20.5.4 with no issue - all links/images import.

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2. More robust solution for importing PDF comments

   The current solution doesn't work on the long run.
   InDesign crashes suddenly very often when trying to import PDF comments, with no warning whatsoever.

   Being caused by small changes in ID files, metadatas, auto-install updates of indesign etc. these PDF comments become impossible to use within InDesign after a couple of weeks or more.
   With 300+ comments, it takes ages to apply the modifications. Importing PDF comments is so time saving that not being able to use it is frustrating.

   • It would be at least great to accept the import and synchronized across the pages, if not on the text itself
   • It would be great to be able to import (as a safe workaround maybe) a .fdf comment file. Why the need to export/ import the pdf again?

   So far, as a workaround, I have to use a custom Apple script (via Shortcuts) that synchronize the active page from Acrobat to InDesign. It would be so much simpler to have this function natively.

   Please, consider improving the PDF import engine

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   The current solution doesn't work on the long run.
   InDesign crashes suddenly very often when trying to import PDF comments, with no warning whatsoever.

   Being caused by small changes in ID files, metadatas, auto-install updates of indesign etc. these PDF comments become impossible to use within InDesign after a couple of weeks or more.
   With 300+ comments, it takes ages to apply the modifications. Importing PDF comments is so time saving that not being able to use it is frustrating.

   • It would be at least great to accept the import and synchronized across the pages, if not on the text… more
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3. Slow even with RTX 4070.

   I've used Adobe products for about 20 years, with all sorts of computers, good and bad, but it has always been a pleasant experience. But since 2-3 years ago, everything changed. I now really struggle on any app really even on top specs computers, in, photoshop, indesign, lightroom but especially Indesign. I have a Dell XPS with RTX 3070 desktop AND XPS RTX 4070 laptop. Both really amazing and new computers. Any other non-adobe software works flawlessly. Tried all the recommendation from Adobe, talked to technicians, still really laggy and worse with each updates...Unsubscribed after many thousand of dollars worth of adobe subscriptions...

   I've used Adobe products for about 20 years, with all sorts of computers, good and bad, but it has always been a pleasant experience. But since 2-3 years ago, everything changed. I now really struggle on any app really even on top specs computers, in, photoshop, indesign, lightroom but especially Indesign. I have a Dell XPS with RTX 3070 desktop AND XPS RTX 4070 laptop. Both really amazing and new computers. Any other non-adobe software works flawlessly. Tried all the recommendation from Adobe, talked to technicians, still really laggy and worse with each updates...Unsubscribed after many thousand of dollars worth… more

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4. Bug de l'outil de révision

   Bonjour à tous.
   Depuis ce jour, je rencontre un problème très pénible avec l'outil de révision. Un décalage s'est produit entre les marques de révisions qui avaient été créées et les pages auxquelles elles étaient attachées... De plus tout les révisions avec du texte sélectionné ou barré sont parties se logées en haut à gauche de la planche concernées... Un truc de fou qui me met bien dans l'embarras pour faire le gros travail de correction que j'ai à faire....

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5. Fix file performance lag caused by GREP styles

   I love GREP styles, but the tend to slow down file performance. Sometimes significantly.
   Please fix.

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6. InDesign (21.4.1) freezes trying to link (bind) a picture (pdf, jpg, png) in a document

   InDesign (21.4.1) freezes trying to link (bind) a picture (pdf, jpg, png) in a document
   InDesign (21.4.1) freezes trying to link (bind) a picture (pdf, jpg, png) in a document and then crashes. It is impossible to work with the program to edit anything for printing.

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7. InDesign Save, Save As and Close become disabled on macOS 27 beta while document remains modified; false background-task lock and data-loss

   Product information

   • Product: Adobe InDesign
   • Primary affected version: InDesign 2026 21.4.1
   • Other affected versions: [add versions tested]
   • Operating system: macOS 27 beta [exact version/build]
   • Platform: Apple silicon
   • Severity: Critical / potential data loss
   • Reproducibility: Frequent but intermittent

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   Problem description

   InDesign repeatedly enters a save-locked state during ordinary editing on the macOS 27 beta.

   After several successful saves, an open and modified .indd document suddenly can no longer be saved. The document tab continues to display the modified-document asterisk, but the following commands are disabled:

   • Save
   • Save As
   • Save a Copy
   • Revert

   Closing the document is also unavailable or unsuccessful.

   When quitting InDesign, the application reports:

   InDesign cannot quit because one or more tasks are running in the background.

   The Window → Utilities → Background Tasks panel is empty. There is no task to cancel, no progress indicator, and no visible alert explaining the failure.

   Waiting does not restore saving. InDesign must eventually be force-quit, creating a substantial risk of losing work.

   Expected behavior

   A modified document should permit Save or Save As.

   If a save or other background task is active, InDesign should:

   • Show it in the Background Tasks panel.
   • Complete it or return an actionable error.
   • Re-enable document commands after completion or failure.
   • Allow the user to cancel the operation where supported.
   • Never remain permanently locked with unsaved changes and no recovery path.

   Actual behavior

   • InDesign recognizes the document as modified.
   • All native save commands are disabled.
   • The Background Tasks panel is empty.
   • The application incorrectly claims that a background task prevents quitting.
   • No recovery occurs.
   • Force Quit is required.
   • The only consistently successful rescue method has been IDML export followed by reopening and resaving the document.
   • The failure later recurs.

   Steps to reproduce

   1. Run InDesign on macOS 27 beta.
   2. Open an ordinary .indd file.
   3. Make text or layout changes.
   4. Save normally.
   5. Continue editing and saving several times.
   6. At an unpredictable point, make another edit.
   7. Observe the asterisk in the document tab.
   8. Open the File menu.
   9. Observe that Save, Save As and Save a Copy are disabled.
   10. Attempt to quit InDesign.
   11. Observe the warning that background tasks are running.
   12. Open the Background Tasks panel.
   13. Observe that it is empty.

   Frequency and scope

   The failure occurs frequently and has been observed:

   • In multiple documents.
   • In multiple InDesign versions.
   • With documents belonging to an .indb Book.
   • With individual documents opened without relying on a cloud or network path.
   • After IDML reconstruction.
   • In relatively lightweight files.
   • Without third-party plug-ins.

   It may affect more than one open document during the same InDesign session.

   Troubleshooting performed

   The following have already been tested without resolving the issue:

   • Deleted/reset InDesign preferences.
   • Moved files to the local Desktop/internal SSD.
   • Disabled Preflight.
   • Confirmed the Background Tasks panel is empty.
   • Exported files to IDML and recreated .indd files.
   • Tested multiple InDesign files.
   • Tested multiple InDesign versions.
   • Confirmed no third-party plug-ins are installed.
   • Confirmed the documents are relatively light.
   • Tested outside cloud/network storage.

   Book-file context

   Several affected documents are components of an InDesign Book (.indb). However:

   • The component files are independent native .indd files.
   • The issue affects multiple files.
   • Rebuilding the component documents through IDML does not permanently resolve it.
   • The same behavior appears in more than one InDesign release.

   The .indb context may be a trigger, particularly if numbering, synchronization or other book operations invoke an internal asynchronous task, but the visible Background Tasks queue remains empty.

   Technical interpretation

   The UI state suggests that InDesign internally believes a save or asynchronous operation is still active:

   • The document dirty flag remains set.
   • Save commands are disabled.
   • Quit is blocked.
   • No task is exposed in Background Tasks.
   • No error is returned to the user.

   This could involve:

   • A leaked or unresolved background-task state.
   • A save-operation flag that is never cleared.
   • File coordination or atomic-save behavior under the macOS beta.
   • An AppKit menu-validation incompatibility.
   • A document/book synchronization callback that never completes.
   • A macOS 27 compatibility regression affecting several InDesign releases.

   Because it reproduces across InDesign versions on the same beta operating system, macOS is likely an important factor. Nevertheless, InDesign should fail safely and provide a recoverable error rather than disabling every save mechanism.

   Production impact

   This is a critical data-integrity problem.

   Users may unknowingly continue working while the application is already incapable of saving. There is no warning when the failure state begins. The problem becomes visible only when the user attempts a save or quit.

   Force Quit can discard all work since the last successful save. IDML export is only an emergency workaround and is not an acceptable replacement for reliable .indd saving.

   System details

   • InDesign: 21.4.1
   • Additional versions tested: [versions]
   • macOS: macOS 27 beta [version/build]
   • Mac: [model]
   • Processor: [processor]
   • RAM: [RAM]
   • Storage: Internal SSD
   • Available disk space: [amount]
   • Plug-ins: No third-party plug-ins
   • Fonts used: Primarily Minion Pro and standard/Adobe fonts
   • Documents: Text-heavy, relatively light .indd files; some managed through .indb

   Attachments available

   • Screenshot of disabled Save and Save As commands while the document is marked modified.
   • Screenshot of the false background-task quit warning.
   • Screenshot of the empty Background Tasks panel.
   • Screenshot of the exact InDesign version.
   • Sample .indd and .indb files, if Adobe requests them.
   • macOS sysdiagnose and Adobe logs, if instructions are provided.
   • Screen recording of the reproduction, if required.

   Requested action

   Please:

   1. Reproduce the issue using InDesign 21.4.1 on the current macOS 27 beta.
   2. Test both individual documents and documents included in an .indb.
   3. Investigate save-state flags and hidden background operations.
   4. Coordinate with Apple if the regression originates in macOS.
   5. Provide a workaround that restores native saving without restarting or rebuilding through IDML.
   6. Treat this as a high-priority data-loss issue.

   Product information

   • Product: Adobe InDesign
   • Primary affected version: InDesign 2026 21.4.1
   • Other affected versions: [add versions tested]
   • Operating system: macOS 27 beta [exact version/build]
   • Platform: Apple silicon
   • Severity: Critical / potential data loss
   • Reproducibility: Frequent but intermittent

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   Problem description

   InDesign repeatedly enters a save-locked state during ordinary editing on the macOS 27 beta.

   After several successful saves, an open and modified .indd document suddenly can no longer be saved. The document tab continues to display the modified-document asterisk, but the following commands are disabled:

   • Save
   • Save As
   • Save a Copy
   • Revert

   Closing the document is also unavailable or… more

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   Need More Info  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Admin, Adobe InDesign) responded

   Hello Alberto,

   
   

   Thank you for the detailed report of the issue you are facing. We would like to investigate this further.

   
   

   To help us do that, please put all the test files, screenshots, etc. in a folder and put it in a shareable location (like Dropbox, WeTransfer, etc.) and share the link with us.

   
   

   Looking forward to hearing back from you soon.

   
   

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8. non funziona lo strumento contagocce

   lo strumento contagocce non funziona quando devo copiare le caratterisce di un testo,

   con gli ultimi aggiornamenti ha smesso di funzionare, l'ho usato molto ed è molto comodo.

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9. Indesign freezes and Crashes when attempting to delete a row

   I am having an issue where InDesign is freezing and crashing after I try to delete a table row.

   I am unable to attach a DMP file even though your documentation asks for it.

   Only thing that seems to mitigate it is copying the INDD file, but the issue comes back after I work for a while.

   Using 21.4.1 x64 on Windows 11

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10. InDesign illogically selects guideline instead of a line drawn on it

    We use the line tool to draw change bars along a guideline in page margins. I just needed to copy one, but found that InDesign was selecting the guideline instead of the line drawn on it, which I was clicking on.

    Nothing was locked, and nothing was on separate layers, etc.

    Please fix this defect.

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11. Error 18 - Publish Online Failure

    When publishing online, InDesign (latest version) is consistently giving error 18 and failing to publish. I've viewed the help center recommendations and have logged out and back in of the Creative Cloud and have changed networks with no success.

    In addition, viewing pages through EPUB Interactivity Preview is met with a blank pages.

    The ability to publish online is necessary to complete work tasks - a quick resolution would be very appreciated. Thank you.

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12. Crash InDesign

    Hello,
    I have MacBook Pro M5 Pro with 48GB RAM, when I use InDesign, every time crash changing the icone of mouse, exampel import a photo che mouse is change and if I'm cancelling and going back don't work, Finally I quit InDesign, don't close, is blocked. I have force of close app and apper a error.

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13. Exporting interactive PDF from Adobe Cloud creates button failure

    Errors when exporting to Adobe PDF (Interactive)
    InDesign 21.4.1/2026
    Windows 11, version 24H2

    We decided to move all our files from a SharePoint environment to Adobe's Creative Cloud storage. To align with accessibility regulation in many states, we've created buttons that navigate within the document to easily jump back and forth the pages. As a trial, we uploaded one file to run our process.

    Upon exporting, a security warning pops up stating that the document is trying to access a link (which is a link to the document itself). Then, an information box has popped up stating that "the plug-in required by this 'GoToR' action is not available." Screenshots attached.

    The action is mistakenly throwing a "GoToR" action when a "GoTo" should be the correct action as how the button has been programmed for internal navigation only.

    We have recreated this in other places and do not have this issue.

    Errors when exporting to Adobe PDF (Interactive)
    InDesign 21.4.1/2026
    Windows 11, version 24H2

    We decided to move all our files from a SharePoint environment to Adobe's Creative Cloud storage. To align with accessibility regulation in many states, we've created buttons that navigate within the document to easily jump back and forth the pages. As a trial, we uploaded one file to run our process.

    Upon exporting, a security warning pops up stating that the document is trying to access a link (which is a link to the document itself). Then, an information box has popped up stating that "the plug-in… more

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14. Invisible characters left behind after applying imported PDF comments

    Description:
    When importing PDF comments into InDesign and applying text corrections, unwanted invisible characters are frequently left behind in the text flow.

    These hidden characters cause significant disruptions in our typesetting and scripting workflows:

    Find/Change Failures: Because these characters are invisible, they break text strings without the user noticing. This causes standard text and GREP Find/Change queries to fail and return no results for seemingly identical text.

    Sorting Script Errors: When using scripts to sort paragraphs alphabetically, if one of these invisible characters ends up at the beginning of a paragraph, the sorting algorithm misinterprets it. This usually results in the affected paragraph being incorrectly pushed to the very end of the sorted list.

    Expected Behavior:
    Applying imported PDF text edits should only insert the intended characters and should not leave behind invisible artifacts that break text processing.

    Description:
    When importing PDF comments into InDesign and applying text corrections, unwanted invisible characters are frequently left behind in the text flow.

    These hidden characters cause significant disruptions in our typesetting and scripting workflows:

    Find/Change Failures: Because these characters are invisible, they break text strings without the user noticing. This causes standard text and GREP Find/Change queries to fail and return no results for seemingly identical text.

    Sorting Script Errors: When using scripts to sort paragraphs alphabetically, if one of these invisible characters ends up at the beginning of a paragraph, the sorting algorithm misinterprets it. This usually results in… more

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15. Table of Contents Generation Silently Excludes Content Despite Correct Styling

    Summary
    Layout > Table of Contents fails to generate entries for a specific chapter document ("1Part 1FTCIT 3RD ED.indd") within a book project, even though the target paragraph style is confirmed correctly applied, the TOC style's Include list is confirmed correct, and the issue persists after rebuilding the TOC style from scratch, rebuilding the document via IDML export/re-import, and testing with brand-new, untethered content. A control test in a brand-new, unrelated document with a brand-new paragraph style and TOC style generated correctly on the first attempt, ruling out the application installation/preferences as the cause.

    Environment
    Application: Adobe InDesign 2026
    Build: 21.4.0.74
    OS: macOS Tahoe 26.5.2
    Project type: InDesign Book (.indb) with 9 linked chapter documents, synchronized paragraph/character styles

    Expected Behavior
    Running Layout > Table of Contents with a paragraph style included in the TOC style's "Include Paragraph Styles" list should generate a TOC entry for every paragraph using that style — whether scanning a single document or, with "Include Book Documents" enabled, across every chapter in the book.

    Actual Behavior
    When generating from the book's Front Matter/Preface document with "Include Book Documents" enabled, only two of nine chapters (Part 7 and Back Matter) produce entries. The other seven, including Part 1, are silently omitted — no error, no warning, just missing entries. This was traced down to Part 1 failing to generate any TOC entries even in complete isolation from the rest of the book.
    Isolation Steps Taken (in order) and Results
    Confirmed paragraph styles are synchronized and named identically across all chapter documents via the Book panel's synced-style indicator and manual inspection. (No issue found.)
    Saved all chapters via "Save Book" to rule out stale/unsaved content being read by TOC generation. (No change.)
    Checked Book panel status icons for broken links or "needs saving" flags on all chapters. (All normal.)
    Searched for duplicate/similarly-named paragraph styles (e.g., a style nested in a group vs. a flat style of the same visible name) using Find/Change with Format-based search, scope "All Documents." Confirmed the target style ("Chapter Titles") is found correctly in every chapter, including Part 1. (No duplicate found.)
    Checked layer visibility, conditional text, and master-page overrides on Part 1's chapter title frame. Layer visible, conditional text set to [Unconditional], frame is a local page item (not an un-overridden master item). (No issue found.)
    Checked Book panel > Synchronize Options to confirm "TOC Style" was included in the sync categories, then re-ran Synchronize Book. (No change.)
    Rebuilt the TOC style's Include Paragraph Styles list by removing and re-adding the target style fresh from the document's own current style catalog. (No change.)
    Isolated Part 1 completely from the book: generated a TOC from within Part 1 alone, with "Include Book Documents" unchecked, so the scan could only read Part 1's own content. Result: empty — not even Part 1's own chapter title appeared, despite the paragraph being confirmed (via clicking into it with the Type tool) to carry the correct paragraph style, and despite Include Book Documents being off (so no other document could be responsible).
    Tested a brand-new, untethered text frame inside the same document, with freshly typed text and a freshly applied instance of the same paragraph style. (Still empty — rules out frame/thread-level corruption of the original title frame, a known InDesign issue with a similar symptom.)
    Rebuilt the entire chapter document via File > Export > IDML, then reopened and re-saved as .indd. Re-ran the isolated test. (Still empty — rules out low-level document corruption that an IDML round-trip would normally clear.)
    Built an entirely new, independent TOC style from scratch ("New," not "Edit"), including only the target paragraph style. (Still empty — rules out corruption in the original TOC style object itself.)
    Confirmed via Select All (Cmd+A) inside the empty TOC result frame that no invisible/mis-styled text was being generated — the frame is genuinely empty, not a display/formatting issue. (Confirmed empty.)
    Control test: created a brand-new, completely unrelated document with a new paragraph style and new TOC style, no connection to the book project. Result: generated correctly on the first attempt. (This rules out the InDesign installation and preferences as the cause — the bug is confined to this specific project/document.)
    Notes
    Because a from-scratch document reproduces correctly, this does not appear to be a universal, easily-reproducible bug — it appears to be tied to some state specific to this document or book file that we were unable to identify or clear through normal means (resaving, resyncing, style rebuilding, or IDML export/re-import).

    Several users have reported the same core symptom (paragraph style confirmed correct, TOC style confirmed correct, entries still silently missing, sometimes traced to text frame threading) in Adobe's own community forums, without a definitive root-cause fix:
    community.adobe.com — "InDesign generates an empty table of contents" (thread 868203)
    community.adobe.com — "Table of Contents missing paragraph styles" (thread 11722707)
    community.adobe.com — "Adobe InDesign TOC Not Populating" (thread 13721262)
    Source files (the .indb and affected chapter .indd files) are available and can be provided to Adobe engineering to aid reproduction, if requested.

    Impact
    Blocks generation of a working, complete Table of Contents for a 9-chapter book project ready for publication.

    Summary
    Layout > Table of Contents fails to generate entries for a specific chapter document ("1Part 1FTCIT 3RD ED.indd") within a book project, even though the target paragraph style is confirmed correctly applied, the TOC style's Include list is confirmed correct, and the issue persists after rebuilding the TOC style from scratch, rebuilding the document via IDML export/re-import, and testing with brand-new, untethered content. A control test in a brand-new, unrelated document with a brand-new paragraph style and TOC style generated correctly on the first attempt, ruling out the application installation/preferences as the cause.

    Environment
    Application: Adobe InDesign… more

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16. InDesign deletes alt text when updating images - STOP IT

    Please stop removing alt text every time an image is updated. I worked for hours on that alt text and it has been completely deleted. More work for me now.

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17. spinning wheel forever...

    Observed behavior :

    • Switching between tools is very slow (it takes several seconds before the selected tool becomes active).
    • The application continuously displays the loading indicator (spinning wheel).
    • The slowdowns occur consistently, even during simple actions such as switching tools.
    • The application appears to be constantly running a background process and never returns to normal, responsive performance.
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18. Save As not working again

    InDesign Classic 2026 21.4.1 x64 / Win11 Home 24 H2. Good grief. It's happening again!!! ---> To successsfully use "Save As" I must save with slight file name change to get it to save with correct date/time stamp. And yes -- we just had an MS OS update. Why is this still occasionally happening!? When does this problem finally get corrected so that saving a file --- a most critical thing to do --- works properly?

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19. ID (& DW & AI) do not resize window when dragging top edge

    CS4 thru CS6 allowed you to resize the window dragging the top edge.
    Win 11 pro (but also earlier versions of Windows)
    ID 21.2
    When hovering over the window's top edge, the cursor does not change to a double arrow.

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20. There's no way to save or load custom workspaces from a file.

    I have three computers (two Windows and one Mac) that I work on. I've created a custom workspace and saved it, but there's no apparent way to save it to or load it from a drive. So copying the workspace to the other computers is a PITA that involves doing a Web search to find where InDesign squirrels the relevant file(s) away on each platform, finding it on one computer and copying it to a drive, and then dragging & dropping the file into the proper places on the other computers.

    How is this considered a production-ready feature? What is the point?

    And while we're on the topic, there's also no way to update an existing workspace even on your local computer. If you change the layout and want to save it, you have to pretend you're creating a new workspace, type the exact same name, and then overwrite it. Again... not production-ready. Not today. Not 20 years ago.

    I have three computers (two Windows and one Mac) that I work on. I've created a custom workspace and saved it, but there's no apparent way to save it to or load it from a drive. So copying the workspace to the other computers is a PITA that involves doing a Web search to find where InDesign squirrels the relevant file(s) away on each platform, finding it on one computer and copying it to a drive, and then dragging & dropping the file into the proper places on the other computers.

    How is this considered a production-ready feature? What is… more

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